Bruise

bruise
    n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some
         discoloration [syn: {bruise}, {contusion}]
    v 1: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my
         knee" [syn: {bruise}, {contuse}]
    2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
       me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
       [syn: {hurt}, {wound}, {injure}, {bruise}, {offend}, {spite}]
    3: break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the
       berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
    4: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer
       bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
    

Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen,
   bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to
   break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. {Break}, v.
   t.]
   1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration;
      to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
      bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple
      by letting it fall.
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   2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
      etc.; to crush.
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            Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
                                                  --Shak.
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   Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
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Bruise \Bruise\, v. i.
   To fight with the fists; to box.
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         Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English
         custom.                                  --Thackeray.
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Bruise \Bruise\, n.
   An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc.,
   with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some
   other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on
   fruit.
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         From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is
         no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i.
                                                  6.
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BRUISE, med. jurisp. An injury done with violence to the person, without 
breaking the skin; it is nearly synonymous with contusion. (q . v.) 1. Ch. 
Pr. 38; vide 4  Car. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; Eng. C. L. Rep. 430, 526, 529. 
Vide Wound. 
    

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "bruise":
      abrasion, abuse, aggrieve, anguish, barb the dart, bash, batter,
      beat, beat up, black, black eye, black-and-blue mark, blemish,
      blotch, boo-boo, buffet, bump, bung, bung up, contuse, contusion,
      cut, cut up, damage, discolor, discoloration, discolorment,
      do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, ecchymosis, grieve, harm,
      hurt, hurt the feelings, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, injury,
      knock about, maltreat, manhandle, mark, mash, maul, mishandle,
      mistreat, molest, mouse, outrage, pain, pierce, pound, prick, pulp,
      rough, rough up, savage, scrape, scratch, shiner, spot, squash,
      stab, sting, thrash soundly, twist the knife, welt, wound